and israel but i also write from the perspective of someone who has relatives in israel, who has spent many many years in israel so it's a unique perspective looking from the outside in and from the outside in. .. moid mid we're only 2 percent in the population. we have shared values, shared enemies and islam terrorism that many people in the united states view israel as the holy land, not just jews but non-jews as well. it's a remarkable thing, at the time whether there's so much polarization between the republicans and democrats, it's one of the few foreign policy issues that actually united democrats and republicans. >> what the future of the jews, is your book title projobbing tiff in a way? do you mean it to be? >> i mean it be. can people who survived the calamities for 3,000 years in effect accept success and full integration and how do you react to that? it is optimistic but realistic. it looks at the dem graiive of israel and see whether 2.5 million israelis can control 2 million palestinian against their will. it look at low birthrate in the low replacement level with interma